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| Filing Status. For the following independent situations, determine the optimum filing sta-tus for the years in question. | ||
| a. Wayne and Celia had been married for 24 years before Wayne died in an accident in 2018. Celia and her son, Wally, age 21 in 2018, continued to live at home in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.Wally worked part-time (earning $5,000 in each of the four years) and attended the university on a part-time basis. Celia provided more than 50% of Wally’s support for all four years. What is Celia’s filing status for2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021? | ||
| Year of Filing | optimum Filing status | |
| 2018 | Married Filing Jointly | Wayne and Celia had been married till 2013 |
| 2019 | Single | Wally is 21 year old as a part time student .He is not qualifying dependent Child |
| 2020 | Single | |
| 2021 | Single | |
| b. Juanita is a single parent who maintained a household for her unmarried son Josh, age 19. Josh worked full-time and earned $16,000. Juanita provided approximately 40% of Josh’s support but provided all the expenses of maintaining the household. What is Juanita’s filing status? | ||
| Juanita's optimal filing status is single.She is not qualifying for head of household because Josh is not qualifying dependent as he is working full time and juanita supports 40% to Josh. | ||
| c. Gomer and Gertrude are married and have one dependent son. In April, Gomer left Gertrude a note informing her that he needed his freedom and he was leaving her. As of December, Gertrude had not seen nor heard a word from Gomer since April. Gertrude fully supported her son and completely maintained the household. What is Gertrude’s filing status assuming she was still legally married? | ||
| Gertrude's filing status is head of household though she was legally married but separated for the last six months of the year and qualifying for dependent child. |
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